tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post434145586800946790..comments2024-03-28T05:31:54.092-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Part II of my birthday outing - the Misericord figures at St Mary's Priory Church -Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-66200454824091339682013-04-15T04:01:45.863-07:002013-04-15T04:01:45.863-07:00Wow some beautiful carvings there, dragons being m...Wow some beautiful carvings there, dragons being my favourite, though the mastiff takes second best. Just love the pagan imagery there scaring the congregation half to death;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-55617967636571002282013-04-13T03:45:38.871-07:002013-04-13T03:45:38.871-07:00Beautiful post and so interesting. Misericords are...Beautiful post and so interesting. Misericords are so fascinating. Interesting to read about The Lady Of Hay - I used to enjoy Barbara Erskine books but haven't read one for a while. Lady of Hay was one of my favourites.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-4693662753648713032013-04-12T23:31:50.477-07:002013-04-12T23:31:50.477-07:00It really is an interesting church, I always look ...It really is an interesting church, I always look for the misericord carvings in really old churches, some of them are absolutely fantastic. My favourite here is the fierce twisty dragon:)Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-84321118836462150572013-04-12T12:07:12.169-07:002013-04-12T12:07:12.169-07:00Just lovely and all the history that goes with it ...Just lovely and all the history that goes with it make sit even better.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-43510567564391975292013-04-12T10:31:25.520-07:002013-04-12T10:31:25.520-07:00Definitely - I think you would say they were still...Definitely - I think you would say they were still "hedging their bets"! I will have to go to Kilpeck Church again (Welsh Marches once more - look it up and be fascinated). It made me smile that only the dog survived without being - literally - "defaced"! Perhaps that wasn't considered "Pagan". The little carvings on the Misericords were a few inches high (4" or 5") and 6" long perhaps. The "footstool" carvings in stone were a goodly bit bigger - perhaps a foot or more high and 2 foot plus in length. I will go back and add a complete tomb so you can compare.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-23621419448111048042013-04-12T10:01:31.654-07:002013-04-12T10:01:31.654-07:00I'm trying to get a sense of size/scale of the...I'm trying to get a sense of size/scale of the figures from the photos--some are so detailed and others seem, as you noted, 'ambivalent'--or created by a clumsier hand. Given the presence of dragons in the church, along with the more predictable lions and lambs, do you think this was an era when Christianity and older forms of culture and religion were inter-twined? Fascinating!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.com